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Dawes Galaxy touring bike
The Dawes Galaxy is a range of touring bicycles manufactured by Dawes of the United Kingdom.
The Galaxy series is popular amongst touring cyclists because of features such as a long wheelbase and a slightly heavier but stiffer frame which allows luggage to be loaded on the bike.[1] When introduced in 1971, the Galaxy was an off-the-peg touring bicycle at a time when tourers were usually expensive custom-built machines.
Unfortunately in spite of its popularity information about the history of the Dawes Galaxy is difficult to obtain, even from Dawes, and owners of the older Dawes bikes find it difficult even to find out exactly when an individual bike was built.
By 2009, the range included the Galaxy, Galaxy Plus, Super Galaxy, Ultra Galaxy, Ultra Galaxy Ti and the Galaxy Twin tandem bicycle. Frame materials include Reynolds steel[2], Aluminium alloy[3]and Titanium[4]. However, in 2011 the range was slimmed down and the Galaxy Plus and Titanium Ultra Galaxy Ti models dropped[5].
References
- ^ Cycle magazine, CTC, June/July 2001 p 52
- ^ Super Galaxy
- ^ Galaxy Twin
- ^ Dawes Goes Titanium for 2009
- ^ http://www.dawescycles.com/c-106-touring.aspx
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